os.path.isdir do not work for Foder named '2011-07-03'
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Tue Jul 19 00:42:26 EDT 2011
Nulpum wrote:
> I want to make sure that folder exists.
>
> '2011-07-03' is really exists. but 'os.path.isdir' say false
>
> Does anyone know why?
Yes.
>>> print "logs/2011-07-03"
logs/2011-07-03
>>> print "logs\2011-07-03"
logs�1-07-03
Don't use backslashes as path separators in Python. Backslashes are used for
string escapes.
\n means newline, not backslash n
\t means tab, not backslash t
and \201 means octal character 0201 (hex 'x81', decimal 129).
There are three solutions:
(1) Escape every backslash with an extra backslash:
>>> print "logs\\2011-07-03"
logs\2011-07-03
(2) Use forward slashes, as Windows will happily accept them instead of
backslashes.
(3) Use another operating system. *wink*
--
Steven
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